2023 Best International/Globalization Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
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Ranked Colleges
112
Degrees Awarded
$38,700
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Global Studies for a Master’s” ranking.
International/Globalization Studies is the 112th most popular major in the country with 7,368 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 348 international/globalization studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great international/globalization studies programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the international/globalization studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Global Studies for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Global Studies for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Global Studies for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best International/Globalization Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Global Studies for a Master’s list. UPenn is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 69 masters’s global studies degrees in 2020-2021.
UPenn also took the #1 spot in our “Best International/Globalization Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking.Of the 26,552 students enrolled at University of Pennsylvania, 324 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 131 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $19,383. On top of their other funding sources, 78 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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